خَطَبَنَا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) فِي دَارِهِ أَوْ قَالَ فِي الْقَصْرِ وَ نَحْنُ مُجْتَمِعُونَ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ فَكُتِبَ فِي كِتَابٍ وَ قُرِئَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَ رَوَى غَيْرُهُ أَنَّ ابْنَ الْكَوَّاءِ سَأَلَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ صِفَةِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ الْإِيمَانِ وَ الْكُفْرِ وَ النِّفَاقِ فَقَالَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى شَرَعَ الْإِسْلَامَ وَ سَهَّلَ شَرَائِعَهُ لِمَنْ وَرَدَهُ وَ أَعَزَّ أَرْكَانَهُ لِمَنْ حَارَبَهُ وَ جَعَلَهُ عِزّاً لِمَنْ تَوَلَّاهُ وَ سِلْماً لِمَنْ دَخَلَهُ وَ هُدًى لِمَنِ ائْتَمَّ بِهِ وَ زِينَةً لِمَنْ تَجَلَّلَهُ وَ عُذْراً لِمَنِ انْتَحَلَهُ وَ عُرْوَةً لِمَنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِهِ وَ حَبْلًا لِمَنِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِهِ وَ بُرْهَاناً لِمَنْ تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ وَ نُوراً لِمَنِ اسْتَضَاءَ بِهِ وَ عَوْناً لِمَنِ اسْتَغَاثَ بِهِ وَ شَاهِداً لِمَنْ خَاصَمَ بِهِ وَ فُلْجاً لِمَنْ حَاجَّ بِهِ وَ عِلْماً لِمَنْ وَعَاهُ وَ حَدِيثاً لِمَنْ رَوَى وَ حُكْماً لِمَنْ قَضَى وَ حِلْماً لِمَنْ جَرَّبَ وَ لِبَاساً لِمَنْ تَدَبَّرَ وَ فَهْماً لِمَنْ تَفَطَّنَ وَ يَقِيناً لِمَنْ عَقَلَ وَ بَصِيرَةً لِمَنْ عَزَمَ وَ آيَةً لِمَنْ تَوَسَّمَ وَ عِبْرَةً لِمَنِ اتَّعَظَ وَ نَجَاةً لِمَنْ صَدَّقَ وَ تُؤَدَةً لِمَنْ أَصْلَحَ وَ زُلْفَى لِمَنِ اقْتَرَبَ وَ ثِقَةً لِمَنْ تَوَكَّلَ وَ رَخَاءً لِمَنْ فَوَّضَ وَ سُبْقَةً لِمَنْ أَحْسَنَ وَ خَيْراً لِمَنْ سَارَعَ وَ جُنَّةً لِمَنْ صَبَرَ وَ لِبَاساً لِمَنِ اتَّقَى وَ ظَهِيراً لِمَنْ رَشَدَ وَ كَهْفاً لِمَنْ آمَنَ وَ أَمَنَةً لِمَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَ رَجَاءً لِمَنْ صَدَقَ وَ غِنًى لِمَنْ قَنِعَ فَذَلِكَ الْحَقُّ سَبِيلُهُ الْهُدَى وَ مَأْثُرَتُهُ الْمَجْدُ وَ صِفَتُهُ الْحُسْنَى فَهُوَ أَبْلَجُ الْمِنْهَاجِ مُشْرِقُ الْمَنَارِ ذَاكِي الْمِصْبَاحِ رَفِيعُ الْغَايَةِ يَسِيرُ الْمِضْمَارِ جَامِعُ الْحَلْبَةِ سَرِيعُ السَّبْقَةِ أَلِيمُ النَّقِمَةِ كَامِلُ الْعُدَّةِ كَرِيمُ الْفُرْسَانِ فَالْإِيمَانُ مِنْهَاجُهُ وَ الصَّالِحَاتُ مَنَارُهُ وَ الْفِقْهُ مَصَابِيحُهُ وَ الدُّنْيَا مِضْمَارُهُ وَ الْمَوْتُ غَايَتُهُ وَ الْقِيَامَةُ حَلْبَتُهُ وَ الْجَنَّةُ سُبْقَتُهُ وَ النَّارُ نَقِمَتُهُ وَ التَّقْوَى عُدَّتُهُ وَ الْمُحْسِنُونَ فُرْسَانُهُ فَبِالْإِيمَانِ يُسْتَدَلُّ عَلَى الصَّالِحَاتِ وَ بِالصَّالِحَاتِ يُعْمَرُ الْفِقْهُ وَ بِالْفِقْهِ يُرْهَبُ الْمَوْتُ وَ بِالْمَوْتِ تُخْتَمُ الدُّنْيَا وَ بِالدُّنْيَا تَجُوزُ الْقِيَامَةَ وَ بِالْقِيَامَةِ تُزْلَفُ الْجَنَّةُ وَ الْجَنَّةُ حَسْرَةُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَ النَّارُ مَوْعِظَةُ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَ التَّقْوَى سِنْخُ الْإِيمَانِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, and a number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, altogether from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Yaqoub Al Sarraj, from Jabir, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, and by a different chain, from Al-Asbagh Bin Nabata who said, ‘Amir Al-<span class="iTxt">Momin</span>een<sup>asws</sup> addressed us in his<sup>asws</sup> house’, or he said, ‘In the mansion, and we had gathered. Then he<sup>asws</sup> ordered, so it was written in a letter and read out to the people. And others have reported that Ibn Al-Kawa asked Amir Al-<span class="iTxt">Momin</span>een<sup>asws</sup> about the description of Al-Isl<span class="iTxt">ā</span>m and the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span>, and the disbelief, and the hypocrisy. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘As for after (Praising Allah<sup>azwj</sup> and sending Blessings upon Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>), Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Blessed and High Legislated <span class="iTxt">Al-Islām</span> and Made His<sup>azwj</sup> Law to be easier for the one who embraced it and strengthened its pillars against the one who ruined it, and Made for him a honour for the one who loved it, and a security for the one who entered into it, and a guidance for the one whom who aspired for it, and an adornment for the one who glorified it, and a pardon for the one who desired it, and a handle for the one who held on to it, and a rope for the one whom attached himself to it, and a proof for the one who spoke by it, and a light for the one who illuminated with it, and an aid for the one who sought assistance with it; And a witness for the one who contends with it, and a success for the one who argue by it, and a knowledge for the one who imbibes (swallows) it, and a Hadeeth for the one who reports it, and a wisdom for the one who judges, and a forbearance for the one who experiments, and an apparel for the one who manages, and an understanding for the one who discerns, and a conviction for the one who minds, and an insight for the one who is determines, and a sign for the one who labels, and a lesson for the one who pays attention, and a salvation for the one who is truthful, and a discipline for one who is righteous, and a nearness for the one who approaches, and a reliable for the one who relies, and a prosperity for the one who delegates (his affairs by it); And an advancement for the one who is good, and a goodness for the one who is eager, and a shield for the one who is patient, and a clothing for the one who is pious, and a backer for the one is guided, and a cave for the one who believes, and an entrustment for the one who submits, and a hope for the one who ratifies, and sufficient for the one who is content. So that is the Truth. The guidance is its way, and the glory is its narration, and the good deed are its qualities. Thus, it is the brightest of the manifestos, the shiniest of the minarets, the purest of the lanterns raised to the peak. Its entire track is easy to race upon. The punishment is painful (in order) to perfect the preparation of the benevolent horses. So the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> is its manifesto, and the righteous deeds are its minarets, and the understanding are its lamps, and the world is its race track, and the death is its peak, and the (Day of) Judgement and the Paradise is ahead and the Fire is its punishment; and by the death (life of the) worlds comes to an end, and by the (end of the) world the (Day of) Judgement is allowed (to take place), and by the (Day of) Judgement the Paradise is adorned; and the Paradise is a cause of regret of the people of the Fire; and the Fire is an admonition for the pious, and the piety is the root of <span class="iTxt">Emān</span>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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